Dickins, Asbury; Forney, John W. American State Papers. Military Affairs. Class 5, Vol. 5. Documents of the Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States...&c. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1860. First Edition. [11604]
Original binding, leather spine & corners, marbled boards & end papers, ex library with labels to spines, ink stamps on the end papers; otherwise clean. Binding is edge-worn and scuffed, with some cracks to the joints; 13 x 8 3/4 inches. 936 pp. including index; light foxing, text block is tight. Fair. Hardcover.
This volume covers the years 1832 to 1836, and includes all of the documents pertaining to the military affairs of the government of the United States.
This book is necessary for anyone studying the history of this period. It is full of primary information and accounts unavailable elsewhere. This volume emphasizes the protection of the western frontiers.
Reports on the militias, tactics, fortifications, officers, foundries, expenses, armories, rules and regulations, &c., &c., all given in minute detail. Sections on the Report of the Secretary of War; Military Establishment; Military Officers; Clothing; Armory on the Western Waters; Exploration by H. B. Schoolcraft; Fort Sumter; Plate - Sketch of Charleston Harbor; Plate - Large folding charts on the foundations of Fort Sumter; Pea Patch Island; National Foundry; Plate - A Map of Oracock Inlet; Ordnance and Ordnance Stores.
